Foxface has something on it's fin

[Pudgeshambley]

I have had the fish for a week and just noticed this today. Only other fish in the tank is a yellow watchman goby. The goby has nipped towards the foxface during feeding, but I have never seen him actually make contact or chase the foxface. The foxface is acting completely normal. No erratic swimming or breathing.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Are you referring to the white patch? May be infection, @Jay Hemdal ? What are the water parameters?

 

[Pudgeshambley]

Are you referring to the white patch? May be infection, @Jay Hemdal ? What are the water parameters?

Yes the white spot on it's top fin. Salinity 1.026. Temperature 78.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have had the fish for a week and just noticed this today. Only other fish in the tank is a yellow watchman goby. The goby has nipped towards the foxface during feeding, but I have never seen him actually make contact or chase the foxface. The foxface is acting completely normal. No erratic swimming or breathing.

Looks like a fin ray issue with bacterial infection and best treatment in a separate quarantine tank will be Seachem Neoplex with added aeration and a focus on water quality during treatment.
What other occupants are in tank that may have been nipping at this?

 

[Pudgeshambley]

Looks like a fin ray issue with bacterial infection and best treatment in a separate quarantine tank will be Seachem Neoplex with added aeration and a focus on water quality during treatment.
What other occupants are in tank that may have been nipping at this?

Just the goby, a peppermint shrimp, and three scarlet legged hermit crabs. The rest of the inhabitants are snails.

 

[Pudgeshambley]

Looks like a fin ray issue with bacterial infection and best treatment in a separate quarantine tank will be Seachem Neoplex with added aeration and a focus on water quality during treatment.
What other occupants are in tank that may have been nipping at this?

What could have caused it?

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

What could have caused it?

Any lesion/damage to the fin has a chance to get infected

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Just the goby, a peppermint shrimp, and three scarlet legged hermit crabs. The rest of the inhabitants are snails.

I'd be very surprised if any of those animals caused this. I agree with treating it as a primary bacterial infection with Neoplex in a treatment tank.